A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJohn Murray, 1852 - 360 oldal |
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... brought them into contact with the Jews . Pul , the first king whose name is recorded in Scripture , having reigned between eight and nine hun- dred years before the Christian era , and about two hundred previous to the fall of the ...
... brought them into contact with the Jews . Pul , the first king whose name is recorded in Scripture , having reigned between eight and nine hun- dred years before the Christian era , and about two hundred previous to the fall of the ...
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... brought us to the principal mound . The absence of all vegetation enabled me to examine the remains with which it was covered . Broken pottery and fragments of bricks , both inscribed with the cuneiform cha- racter , were strewed on all ...
... brought us to the principal mound . The absence of all vegetation enabled me to examine the remains with which it was covered . Broken pottery and fragments of bricks , both inscribed with the cuneiform cha- racter , were strewed on all ...
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... brought me almost immediately to a wall , bearing inscriptions in the same character as those already described . The slabs , which had been almost reduced to lime by exposure to intense heat , threatened to fall to pieces as soon as ...
... brought me almost immediately to a wall , bearing inscriptions in the same character as those already described . The slabs , which had been almost reduced to lime by exposure to intense heat , threatened to fall to pieces as soon as ...
20. oldal
... brought to him by the commander of the irregular troops stationed at Selamiyah , who had been watching my proceedings . I suggested that he should name an agent to be present as long as I worked at Nimroud , to take charge of all the ...
... brought to him by the commander of the irregular troops stationed at Selamiyah , who had been watching my proceedings . I suggested that he should name an agent to be present as long as I worked at Nimroud , to take charge of all the ...
21. oldal
... brought to me ; but I had afterwards reason to suspect that it was discovered at Khorsabad . Ex- cavations were carried on for some time at Jerraiyah , but no remains of the Yezidi temple were brought to light . Having finished my ...
... brought to me ; but I had afterwards reason to suspect that it was discovered at Khorsabad . Ex- cavations were carried on for some time at Jerraiyah , but no remains of the Yezidi temple were brought to light . Having finished my ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah amongst ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey British Museum brought building carried Cawass centre Chaldæans chamber chariot chief Christians church cuneiform descended desert discovered discovery earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations Fcap feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses inhabitants inscriptions Ismail Pasha Jebours journey Kalah Kalah Sherghat Kasha Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurds lions Melek Mesopotamia monuments Mosul mound mountains Mussulmans N. W. Palace Nestorian night Nimroud Nineveh ornaments party Pasha plain Portrait Post 8vo priests principal probably raft Rassam reached remains resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Second Edition Shammar Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones tents Third Edition Tigris Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe valley village Vols walls warriors whilst winged bulls winged figures women Woodcuts workmen Yezidis